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R, J. ELLSWORTH RECESS BED Filed Oct. 5. 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4A 7590,55 JEZS warf?? Patented Nov. 1, 1932 Lesage-a FFCE f `ROSS J'. ELLSWORTH, 0F WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HOLIES DISAPPEARING BED COMPANY, OF WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS RECESS BED rApplication filed October 5, 1927. Serial No. 224,041.

This invention relates to beds of the type generally known as recess beds, designed to occupy a horizontal position projecting into f concealed in the recess the room when in use and to be positioned vertically and concealed in a wall recess or closet when not in use'.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a mechanism which will, when the bed is lowered from a vertical to a horizontal position, move the bed away from the recess or closet in the direction of the room, and whichv as the bed is raised from its horizontal to its vertical position will move it toward the closet or recess where it is entirely concealed and contained.

Among its other objects the present invention contemplates the elimination of counterweights or the use of tracks or strips eX- tending into the room.

"With the above and other objects in view as will be apparent, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illnstrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a bed constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the same positioned horizontally and projecting into the room, the bed springs and mattress not being illustrated.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof being a View taken generally along line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the bed elevated and occupying a vertical position in the recess or closet.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along line 4 4 of Fig. 2 to illustrate the bed and balancing spring and mechanism for moving the bed relative to the recess or closet and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section along line 5-5 of Fig. 2 at one side of the bed frame.

In the mounting and housing of concealed beds in closets or recesses, the type generally known as recess beds have heretofore consisted of a bed pivotally or hingedly mounted at rone end in the closet or recess to swing from a vertical to a horizontal plane and vice versa so that when it is elevated to its vertical position it will be entirely contained and or closet which may be closed by suitable doors; and when-it is positioned horizontally will project into the room for occupancy. Beds of this character frequently have the end thereof cooperating with the closet fixed so that this end is positioned within the closet or recess when the bed occupies its horizontal position projecting into the room.` Eorts have been made to remedy this by having the bed move outwardly from the closet or recess when it is lowered from its vertical to horizontal position and move toward the closet or'recess when raised from its horizontal position. These prior structures have often required Ymechanismssuch as tracks or plates which extend into the room and upon which the bed carriage operates when the bed is lowered and raised.

The present invention is designed primarily to provide a recess bed which will automatically move away from the closet or recess as it is lowered and be returned to the closet or recess when it is raised, all without any mechanism projecting or operating into the room. v It is furthermore the object of the present invention to have such movement relative to the closet or recess while the bed ends are collapsed, so that a relatively shallow closet or recess may be used for the housing and containing of the bed.

In carrying out the present invention a recess or closet 10 is provided having a rear wall 11 and side walls 12. On the floor of the closet or recess adjoining each side wall 12 is mounted a base angle plate 13 the same being rigidly secured to the floor by means of screws or bolts 14. The vertical webs 15 of the angle plates 13 occupy planes substantially-parallel to the planes of the side walls 12 and are spaced therefrom a sufiicient distance to allow for the clearance of the mechanism cooperating therewith. At the outer ends of each vertical web 15 is hinged, as atV 17, a supporting bar 16 adapted to swing from a substantially vertical position in the closet and recess 10, as illustrated in Fig. 3, to a position where it projects from the closet or recess 10 at an angle to the floor thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The bed frame 18 is hinged between supporting bars 16 by means of the brackets 19 secured to the bed frame 18 adjoining one end thereof and the pivots 2O interposed between the brackets 19 and the supporting angle bars 16.

Secured to the free end of the bed frame 18 is a bed end 21 which may be either the foot or head end of the bed but for the sake of convenience is illustrated as the foot end. A continuation or extension 22 of the foot end 21 of the bed is pivotally mounted as at 23 to the bed frame and when the bed occupies a horizontal position for use, this extension 22 is designed to occupy the same vertical planel as the foot end 21 and to support the outer or free end of the frame 18.

At the inner or pivoted end of the bed frame 18 `is a head end section 24 which is rigidly and fixedly secured to the inner end of the frame 18. An extension section is pivoted to the upper end of the head end section 24, which, when the bed is horizontal and projects into the room for use, occupies the same vertical plane as the base section 24 thereby creating a head end for thel bed.

The outer or free end of each supporting bar 16 is connect-ed by a link 26 to the lower or pivoted end of the upper head end section 25; while the upper or outer ends of the lower head end sections 24 are connected by the links 27 to the supporting bars 16 at the pivots 20.

The pivoted ends of the supporting bars 16 are connected by the transverse angle 28 whereby the bars are connected together to act as a unit to produce a rigid supporting structure or frame for the bed. Interposed -between the center of this angle 28 and the hinged section 22 of the foot end is a connecting rod 29. When the bed frame 18 is elevated, about its pivotal connections 20 with the supporting bars 16, the angle 28 being a fixed point causes a pull to be exerted on the connecting rod 29 which swings the foot end section 22 about its pivot 23 toward a position parallel to the bed frame 18. By this means when the bed frame 18 occupies a. position substantially parallel to the rear wall 11 of the recess or closet 10 the lower section 22 of the foot end will rest parallel to the bed frame 18. During this same movement the bed frame 18 moves from a plane at an angle to the plane of the supporting bars 16 to a plane substantially coincident with the plane of said bars. This movement causes the lower section 24 of the head end to eventually occupy a position at substantially right angles of the. supporting bars 16 and the links 26 cause the upper section 25 of the. head end to swing about the pivot between it and the lower section 24 until it occupies a posit-ion substantially parallel to the bed frame 18 and at right angles to the lower section 24 as illustrated in F ig= ure 3.

In this manner the head and foot ends of the bed frame are collapsed automatically as the bed frame 18 is raised from a horizontal to a vertical position about the pivotal connections 20 between it and the supporting bars 16. Likewise as the bed frame 18 is lowered the mechanisms heretofore described cause the sections 21 and 22 of the foot end and 24 and 25 of the head end to assume coplanar positions to complete the bed structure as the bed is lowered. This action is entirely automatic and is solely and wholly upon movement being imparted to the bed frame relative to its pivots 20.

As will be hereinafter more fully described it is to be noted that when the bed frame 18 is elevated from a horizontal position to or toward a verticai position, the end sections 22 and 25 are nearly or substantially parallel to the frame 18 prior to any movementvof the 35 supporting bars 16 relatively to the base angle plates 13. Reversely, the movement of the frame 18 from its vertical position to and towards its horizontal position causes the bars 16 to move from positions at right anglesk 90 to the base plates 13 to project from the recess or closet 10 before there is any substantial movement of the frame 18 relatively to the bars 16 and therefore before the end sections 22 and 25 assume their operative positions at right angles to the frame 18.

To assist in elevating the bed from its horizontal to its vertical position about the pivots 20 between the frame 18 and the supporting bars 16, balancing springs 3() are'loo interposed between the bed frame 18 and the angle 28 extending between and connecting the supporting bars 16. The number and strength of these coil springs 30 may be varied to meet the circumstances dependent upon the weight of the bed frame and its attendant conditions.

In order to automatically move the bars 16 about their pivots 1?, as the bed frame 18 is raised and lowered and to time such movement, a guiding arm 31 is pivoted, as at 32, to the inner end of each vertical web 15 of the base angle plates 13. The outer ends of these guiding arms 31 are provided with longitudinal slots 33 which operate over the pins 34 projecting outwardly from the inner end of the frame 18 adjoining the lower section 24 of the head end. This arrangement allows the pins to ride in the slots 33 as the bed frame 18 is swung about its pivots 2O from a horizontal to a vertical position, the guiding arms 31 acting to guide for the inner end of the bed frame 18 and assist in preventing any movement thereof and of the supporting arms 16 toward the rear wall 11 of the recess or closet 10. A brace element 35 is hinged to each supporting bar 16 at a point just below the pivots 20 and at its opposite end is hinged as at 36 to a similar brace element'37 pivoted to the rear end of the web 15 of the cooperating base angle plate 13. The connection between the b-race element 37 and the web 151s the same connection as between the vguiding arm 31 and the web 15. When the bed occupies a horizontal position as illustrated in Fig. 2 the brace elements 35 and 37 are aligned one with the other and act to hold the supporting bars 16 at an angle to the base angle plates 13 in which position they project outwardly from the recess or cabinet 10. Y

Thus, when the bed frame 18 is moved from its horizontal to its vertical position, the head illustrated in Fig. 3.

end thereof swings downwardly, permitting i the pins 34 to ride in the slots 33 of the guiding arms 31 until the bed frame contacts with the projecting stops 38 carried by the brace elements 35. This causes a relative movement between the brace elements 35 and 37 at their pivotal connecting point 36 so that the brace element 35 may move to a position substantially parallel to the cooperating suppo-rting arms 16 while the brace element 37 is angularly arranged with respect thereto, as This moving of the brace elements 35 and 37 out of alignment is assisted by the retractile spring 39 secured at one end to the anchor 40 carried by the supporting arms 16 and at the opposite end to a second anchor 41 attached as at 32 to the verticaly web 15 ofthe cooperating or adjoining base angle plate 13. When the move- A ment of the bed moves the bracing elements relatively to each other in elevating the bed,

`the springs 39 exert a pull on the anchors 40 frame 18 causes the supporting bars 16 to move inwardly toward the rear wall 11 of the closet or recess 1() where they occupy a position substantially parallel thereto.

Assuming that the elements are positioned as in Fig. 3 with the bed frame 18 contained vertically in the recess or closet 10, it will be observed that the pins 34 of the bed frame are at the inner ends of the slots 33, so that a pull on the foot end of the frame 18 causes these pins to bear against the inner ends of the slots. The guiding arms 31 therefore prevent any movement of the head end of the frame 18 toward the wall 11 of the recess or closet 10 and thereby forces the supporting bars 16 to move about their pivots 17 away from the wall 11to assume the positions thereof shown in Fig. 2. The continued outward and downward movement of the foot -end of the frame 18 causes the pins 34 to travel forwardly in the slots 33, as the frame swings about its pivots 20 to assume a horizontal position at an angle to the plane of the supporting bars 16. During this furthery by the bars 16 away from the wall 11. This permits the use of a much shallower closet or recess 10 than if the pivot 2O were fixed.

Upon. returning the bed to the recess or closet 10, i. e. moving it from a horizontal to a vertical position, the upward movement of the foot end of the frame 18 causes the sections 22 and 25 of the foot and head ends respectively to immediately move to assume positions parallel to the frame 18. At the same time the pins 34 travel to the inner ends ofthe slots 33 and the brace elements 35 and 37 by their alignment retain the supporting bars 16 projecting from the recess or closet 10 until the frame 18 contacts with the stops 38 to move the elements l35 and 37 from align-A ment. When this occurs the frame 18 has swung to a position nearly approximating the plane of the supporting bars 16. Thus the swing of the head end of the frame 18 is accommodated without requiring a deeptv closet or recess. The continued upward and inward movement of the foot end of the frame 18 swings the bars 16 about their pivots 17 and moves the entire structure into the recess or closet 10.

From the foregoing it is manifest that by providing the floating pivots 20 for the bed frame 18, a relatively shallow closet or recess may be used to completely house and conceal the bed, and that for all intents and purposese'jl` the bed is clear of the recess or closet when in its horizontal positions. Furthermore the movement of the bed relative to the closet or recess is accomplished without the use of any elements or mechanisms, which project! into the room when the bed is within the recess or closet.

T claim:

1. The combination with base plates located within a wall recess, of supporting barst hinged to the forward ends of said plates, a connection between said bars' whereby they act as ay unit, a bed frame pivoted to and betuf'een the upper ends of said bars, a guiding bar pivoted to the inner end of each base.'

plate, having a slot in the outer end thereof, a pin on the bed frame operating in said slot, a brace element pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, a companion brace element pivoted to the adjacent supporting bar, said 'lla brace elements having their adjoining ends ivotally connected, and a stop on one of said ace elements projecting therefrom to lie in the path ofmovement of said bed frame.

5 2. The combination with base plates lo- Y cated within a wall recess, of supporting bars hinged to the forward ends of said base plates, a connection between said bars wherey they combine to form a frame, a bed 4frame pivoted to and between the upper .ends of said bars, a. guiding bar pivoted to 'the inner end of each base plate, having a slot in the outer end thereof, pins on the bed #frame operating in said slots, a brace element pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, a companion brace element pivoted to each supporting Vbar adjacent its outer end, each pair of said brace elements having their adjoining ends pivotally connected, a stop on one of each pair of brace elements projecting intorthe path of movement of the bed frame, a spring adjoining each pair of brace elements and interposed between the supporting bar and base plate, and collapsible head and foot ends for said frame.

3. The combination with base plates located within a wall recess, of supporting bars hinged to the forward ends of said base plates, a connection between said bars whereby they combine to form a frame, a bed frame pivoted to and between the upper ends of said bars, a guiding bar pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, having a slot in the outer end thereof, pins on the bed frame operating in said slots, a brace element pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, a companion brace Velement pivoted to each supporting bar adjacent its outer end, each pair of said brace elements having their adjoining ends pivotally connected, a stop on one of each pair of brace elements projecting into the path of movement of the bed frame, a spring adjoining each pair of brace elements and intered between the supporting bar and base late, a bed end section fixed to the end of the A ed frame pivot-ed to said supporting bars, an extension section thereof pivoted thereto, and mea-ns whereby the movement of the bed frame causes the said extension to moveV relatively to the xed section subsequently to the movement of the supporting frame in one direction and prior to the movement of the supporting frame in the oppositedirection.

4. The combination with base plates located within a wall recess, of supporting bars to the forward ends of said base plates,

a connection between said bars whereby they combine to form a frame, a bed frame pivoted t0 and between the upper ends of said bars, 80 a guiding bar pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, having a slot in the outer end thereof, pins on the bed frame operating in said slots, a brace element pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, a companion brace elerment pivoted to each supporting bar adjacent its outer end, each pair of said brace elements having their adjoining ends pivotally connected, a sto on one of each pair of brace elements projecting into thepath of movement of the bed frame, a spring adjoining each paid of brace elements and interposed between the supporting bar and base plate, and springs interposed between the bed frame and the connection between the supporting bars.

5. The combination with base plates located within a wall recess, of supporting bars hinged to the forward ends of said base plates, a connection between said bars whereby they combine to form a supporting frame, a bed frame pivoted to and between the upper ends of said bars, a guiding bar pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, having a slot in the outer end thereof,pins on the bed frame operating in said slots, a brace element pivoted to the inner end of each base plate, a companion brace element pivoted to each supporting bar adjacent its outer end, each pair of said brace elements having their adjoining ends pivotally connected, a stop on one of each pair of brace elements projecting into the path of movement of the bed frame, a spring adjoining each pair of brace elements and interposed between the supporting bar and base plate, balancing springs interposed between the bed frame and the connection between the supporting bars, a bed end section fixed to one end of the bed frame` an extension thereof pivoted thereto, and links interposed between said extension section and said supporting bars whereby the extension is moved to align with the fixed section subsequently to the movement of the supporting trame in one direction and such alignment is broken prior to the movement of the supporting frame in the opposite direction.

6. The combination with a pair of base plates of angle iron, supportingbarshingedto the corresponding ends of the vertical webs thereof, a connection between said supporting bars adjoining their hinged ends whereby they combine to form a hinged supporting frame, a bed frame pivoted, adjoining one end, to and between the outer ends of said supporting bars, said frame adapted to swing to and from a horizontal position at an angle-to said supporting frame and a vertical position substantially coplanar therewith, balancing springs interposed between the connection between said supportingbars and said bed frame, a guiding bar pivoted to each base plate at the end'thereof opposed to the mounting of the supporting frame, each guiding bar having its movable end slotted, pins on the bed frame for operation in the slots of the guiding bars, a brace element pivoted at each pivoted end of the guiding bars, a companion brace element pivoted to the movable ends of the supporting bars, each pair of companion brace elements having their adjoining ends pivotally connected, a stop projecting from each pair of companion brace elements to lie in the path of movement of the end of the bed frame adjacent said supporting frame, an anchor at the pivoted end of each brace element, a spring interposed between the anchors of each pair of companion brace elements, an end section xed to said bed frame, an extension end section pivoted thereto, and links connecting said pivoted end section to the supporting bars, whereby the movement of the frame relatively to said bars causes a movement of the extension end section relative to the xed end section during the movement of said pins on the bed frame in the slots of the guiding bars aforesaid.

7. The combination with asupporting frame mounted to swing about a ixed pivot, of a bed frame pivoted thereto, a bar pivoted to a fixed pivot and having a slotted connection with the bed frame to time the movement of the supporting frame by having pressure exerted on one end of the slot by the bed Jframe in one direction and a free movement in the slot in the opposite direction and means coacting with the supporting frame for timing its movement in the reverse direction comprising collapsible braces interposed between a xed pivot and said supporting frame.

ROSS J. ELLSWORTH. 

